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A model for predicting the transmission rate of malaria from serological data
1Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia.
Journal of Mathematical Biology
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
A model is developed to estimate the duration for which malaria antibody levels in the blood remain high in a closed population. This estimate can be used to calculate the transmission rate within a region, in conjunction with the serological information contained in the population. The model is used on data obtained from a study of malaria in the Philippines and shows excellent agreement. It is subsequently utilised for predictions and seems to be an appropriate vehicle for this purpose.